Improved mop-weinger



REYNOLDS T. REED, OF BIN GHAMTON NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 70,017, datc0l October 22, 1867. l

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T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY OONCERN:

Be it known that I, REYNOLDS T. REED, of Binghamton, in the county of Broome, and State of New York, have invented a new and'useful Improvement on Mop-Wringers; and I do hereby declarcthat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view, representing it attached to the pail ready for operation.

Figure 2 shows the apparatus as detached from the pail.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

The object of this invention is to construct a mop-wringer which shall answer all the purposes of those in ordinary use, and which shall be less liable to get out of order, Aless complicated and expensive, and more com-- pact and portable. p

The nature of my invention consists in the employment of two rollers, connected with aframe placed inside and secured to the rim of a vessel or pail, and held in position by brackets and thumb-screws, one of said rollers being pivoted in the top of two upright pieces, and the other in thefree `ends of twospring-arms attached to their lower ends, thereby keeping the rollers apart for the reception of the mop, they being drawn together by means of a flexible wire or cord, running over pulleys and. connecting with a foot-piece on the outside ofthe pail.

AI construct the rollers A A of wood or other suitable material, and connect them with a frame, B B, consisting ot" two uprightV pieces and t"wo spring-arms, C C, which are attached at their lower endsncar the bottom of the pail, and project a little .above its edge, connected by cross-picces. One of said rollers works on pivots in' the free ends of the spring-arms, and the other in the projecting ends of the upright pieces. These spring-arms are set at an angle with the upright pieces, so that the rollers may stand apart sutiiciently to receive the mop, and are drawn together by means of a ilexible wire or cord, D, running over pulleys E E at the top of the projections of the frame B B, the ends of which cord are attached to the spring-arms, all being operated by pressurc upon. the foot-piece F, which is Vattached to the cord on the outside of the vessel or pail. The frame B B is supported on the pail by the brackets lG G, and secured in position by thumb-screws H H. When the mop requires wringing it is dropped between the rollers, and the foot is applied to the footpiccc, which draws the rollers together. It is then drawn out, the foot holding the pail in its place during the operation. As the frame and rollers are placed inside of the vessel it makes it much morecompact and portable than others in use. It is also more simple in its construction, consequently less liable to derangement, less expensive, and can be more economically and beneficially enjoyed by the public.

I therefore disclaim all interference with others which may be in some respects similar to my improvement, and confine myself only to its novel features.4

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the frame B B, consisting of thc upright pieces and springarms C C, with the rollers A. A, wire or cord D, all operating within the compass of the arca of the pail, constructed substantially as herein described, and for the purpose set forth. 1

l REYNOLDS T. REED.

Witnesses:

vA. E. ANDREWS,

JAMES FLYNN. 

